Roby glad to join Super Bowl contender in Denver

May 10, 2014

Written by

Arnie Stapleton

Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Bradley Robyís slip down the draft board surely will cost him a few million dollars. He swears he doesnít care.

The star cornerback from Ohio State said heís glad heís going to play for the AFC champion Denver Broncos and not a rebuilder anyway.

After all, he changed his mind about going to Vanderbilt in 2010 in large part because the Commodores ďdidnít win enough.Ē

ďI told you Iím a winner. I hate to lose,Ē Roby said Friday at his introductory news conference at the Broncos headquarters. ďThatís why I fit in here so much because I have a winnerís mentality.Ē

Another thing that lured him to Columbus was his switch from receiver to defensive back, and Ohio State has a rich tradition of sending elite cornerbacks to the NFL.

After redshirting his first year, Roby started 13 games in 2011 and was a second-team All-American by 2012 with the type of season that could have been worth about $15 million over four years as a top-10 NFL pick.

Roby earned All-Big Ten honors in 2013 and was projected as a top-15 pick, but Broncos boss John Elway figures a pair of off-field issues caused him to fall to Denver at 31.

Elway said he was thrilled to see Roby available. After all, he made transforming his secondary one of his major priorities this offseason as he tweaked a roster that reached the Super Bowl but came up short against Seattle.